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@yaxianarcher yaxianarcher released this 16 Oct 21:24

First public release of Float There While I'm Reading.

What it does

Click a word or select a phrase on any webpage — a floating widget appears right next to it with an AI-powered explanation. No tab switching, no losing your place.

Highlights

  • Bring your own key — OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, DeepSeek, OpenRouter, or any custom endpoint
  • Four API formats — OpenAIResponse, AnthropicMessage, ChatCompletion, GoogleChatCompletion
  • Custom prompts — each prompt is a named system prompt (e.g. a German dictionary with IPA and grammar)
  • Vocabulary Notebook — every query saved automatically; export as JSON, Markdown or PDF
  • UI languages — English, German, Chinese (Simplified)

Install

Requires Chrome 146+.

  1. Download extension_v2.2.0.zip below
  2. Unzip → chrome://extensions/ → Developer mode → Load unpacked → select the folder

Or build from source: npm install && npm run build, then load dist/.